Verse 1

एवमेषातिवितता दुर्ज्ञाना रघुनन्दन ।महामोहमयी माया विषमा पारमात्मिकी

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: So it is, Raghunandana: this māyā is far-flung, hard to know, made of great delusion, treacherous, and belongs to the Paramātman.